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En Forme De Poire (Oriente)

The Melonious Quartet, four mandolinists led by Patrick Vaillant, make an unseemly postulate: the mandolin and Satie. Practising the art of “what if”, the Quartet has taken on in the painstaking work of transcription of Erik Satie. Completely original and unique. Highly recommended!

   

"What do you prefer, music or sausage?” - E. Satie

The Tango (perpetual)
The tango is the dance of the devil.
It is his favourite dance.
He dances it to cool down.
His wife, his daughters, and his servants cool down that way.
The tango ...
Erik Satie, extract from Sports and Diversions, 1914

The programme of In the Shape of a Pear:
Works written by Erik Satie between 1886 and 1917 and transcribed for a modern mandolin quartet by Patrick Vaillant and the Melonious Quartet.
1st Pointed Arch, 3rd Gymnopaedia, Little Overture to Dance, Desiccated Embryos, The Perpetual Tango (extract from Sports and Diversions): pieces for the piano
Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear: for piano duet (Salabert music publishers)
Five Grimaces (for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”): posthumous work, reduction for the piano by Darius Milhaud of an orchestra score for the theatre (Universal music publishers)
Parade: ballet music, for orchestra and sound effects (siren, wheel of fortune, typewriter, revolver shots, etc.)
One piece, Misterioso, is by another composer: Thelonious Monk (1917-1982). Played in an arrangement by the Melonious Quartet and dedicated to Erik Satie.
NB. The prescription “ad lib” for The Perpetual Tango is translated here by repetition with variations.
There are also original compositions dedicated to Satie

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